AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS

The American Civil War In 1860, arguably the world's greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly beaten. Out of this horrendous war though, where some 600,000 men died grew a greater sense of nationalism than is today, unrivalled around the world. Slavery was a major issue that triggered the American Civil War. Slavery started out, as a few individual slaves coming from England that were generally white. This changed however, and soon the Southern slave traders began 'stealing' blacks to take back to the South. The slaves were forced to work 16-hour days, slave women were only seen as breeders (women who produced more slaves) and there were no laws against the rape of a female slave. In 1860 slaves accounted for one third of the South's population and even still they had no rights). The Unionist North many people believed it was immoral to own another human being. 1696498889000 These people were called Abolitionists. The South relied strongly on the slave trade and when the North spoke of abolishing it, the South spoke of forming their own country, The Confederate states of America. The Great Depression

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“Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical life amid psychological death. It means the pain of watching your children grow up with clouds of inferiority in their mental skies. It means having their legs off, and then being condemned for being a cripple.1”
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...THE CIVILRIGHTS MOVEMENT
NOTE TAKING
THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II
• Black American soldiers had fought against Fascism during WWII
• Increased their desire for freedom, especially the south african american.
• While resistance took the form of beatings, shootings, refusal of credit and jobs.
• The Committee of CivilRights was set up by President Truman inn 1947 and a program of reforms was devised.
THE 1950s
• Black Americans moved to the cities and towns from agricultural.
• Children attended all-blacks and mostly inferior schools.
• Not allowed to go to the movies, hotels, restaurants, swimming pools and parks frequented by whites.
• Southern blacks were not allowed to vote and were routinely harassed by the law.
• Blacks were often street cleaners, garbage collectors, restroom attendants, or domestic servants.
WHAT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR
• To end discrimination.
• Discrimination still evident in the South.
• The right to travel where and when they wanted.
• To share drinking fountains. Share facilities with white citizens.
• Enjoy parks and swimming pools with while citizens.
• To be addressed by their name and title.
• To be served at a lunch counter.
• To have as good of an education as white children.
• Equality
TO CHANGE ATTITUDES:
• They were fighting to change the behaviour and attitudes of white racists.
• After...